may-2017

Previous Page

Next Page

Page Background

199

Wellington, Florida

It is an honor to support the city of Wellington in making their community a sought-after place that families and businesses can call home. Mak- ing communities more livable, safe and comfort- able is the core of Clarke. From its beginning in 1946, Clarke, a family owned company, has been focused on serving communities. Beginning in public health mosquito control, Clarke expanded into product and application equipment development and then into the management of lakes, ponds and waterways. The company has continually brought innovation to customers. At Clarke, we press persistently to develop new products and services that will reduce our en- vironmental footprint. We look at how to bring water bodies back to their natural state while ensuring the desired balance of aesthetic, recre- ational and habitat objectives are met. And we do so using Clarke innovation such as our Con- serve® Precision Application system that utilizes GIS and advance sonar mapping to make target- ed treatments and to help prevent over or under application weed or algae control products. Clarke is headquartered in Saint Charles, IL with 15 offices around the world, including Wellington. We employ 160 full time professionals, serving over 50 countries. www.clarke.com www.clarkecares.org

the community has for everyone in the county.

So, our economic driver is being able to main-

tain the appeal that brought people out here to

begin with, which is great neighborhoods, great

schools, great parks, and a high level of service.”

That is not to say that Wellington is averse

to change. For example, one of its current ini-

tiatives is to become a more bicycle- and pe-

destrian-friendly community. “Two years ago,

we adopted a ped-way plan,” says O’Dell. “The

Village has, for the most part, eight-foot-wide

pathways adjacent to its road right-of-ways,

but we don’t have much associated with bi-

cycle pathways. So, we’re working in concert

with our Metropolitan Planning organization

for grants to seek dollars to add bicycle path-

ways to our roadways.”

Another one of the initiatives mentioned in

the Strategic Plan is the development of the

MidTown project.When the Village was first

conceived, there was no specific downtown

or town center area laid out by its developers.

“So, what we have done over the last ten years

is created that gathering place, which we call

Town Center,” says O’Dell. “It now houses Village

Hall, the community center, the Scott’s Place

barrier-free playground, an amphitheater, and

an aquatics complex, located on the south end

of Lake Wellington.We’re going to expand that

to look at redevelopment.We’re looking at a

project called MidTown, which is probably a

twenty-year project. MidTown will build off of